I haven't used Sound Forge 6.0, and never developed proficiency with 5.0 before getting very frustrated with it and cecoming enamored with Wavelab. Perhaps, it was because Don Pearson of UltraSound, made the recommedation, and everything he recommends just seems to be a good thing.
My experience has been rock solid reliability, liking the excellent metering in the field, the ease of naming files from within the software, and especially the "split file" mode which creates a new file when the 2GB file size limit is drawing near. To me this is important because 24/96 stereo consumes 2gB in one hour and it is nice not to have to babysit the equipment as if I were about to have to flip a cassette (remember those things?).
Further, for post production/mastering, all effects are in realtime. You can immediately hear the results of the eq (nice parametric with variable Q and shelving filters), compressors, etc... As well, it is VERY easy to insert PNO's and set up a final CD burn through Wavelab. It's an all in one system that doesn't require the use of any other software to complete the process.
If you have more questions, details are available through our website or you can email me. nutter@sonicsense.com
Happy Recording,
Marc
Ok, I'm just a little currious. I've been around Sound Forge for a while, but I am now hearing about Wavelab. I'm currious as to what some positives of using Wavelab would be.
If you have used Wavelab before, please fill me in as to any positive/negative aspects of the program